After a full meal, Prince Otto and Arold accepted the clinking glasses of several courtiers, looked at each other and stood up, and on the side of the lord's hall there was a lounge for the nobles at the banquet to rest.

"That's a nice seat!" Prince Otto sat on a chair with a soft cushion on it, and even the back of the seat had soft cushions, so it was very comfortable to sit on.

"Your Royal Highness, don't you see Madame and your children?" Arold glanced at Prince Otto, sat on his left side, and suggested to Prince Otto.

"Oh, no, I saw her in the crowd, as long as she and the child were doing well." But after pondering for a moment, Prince Otto rejected Arrod's offer, even though he longed to hold the woman and child he loved, but as a man who was about to become king, he had great self-control.

"It's fine." Arold sighed slightly, but quickly cheered up, because he knew that Prince Otto was definitely not improvised, but must be a major matter related to the succession to the throne.

"Along the way, Arrod has seen that your territory is full of vitality, and you are so young among the princes, but you have done things that no one else can do." Prince Otto sincerely admired that it was indeed only a few years since this unknown small family officially stepped onto the political stage of the kingdom, and throughout the development of the Wendell family, you can see the important role played by Arold in it.

"You're wrong." Arold hurriedly said modestly.

"Well, Arold is the most optimistic about you among the many young nobles, many young nobles are brave, but they can't govern their own territory, of course we are all ordinary human beings. There is no perfect person except the Lord and the saints, but I am going to change my mind now, you are definitely the wise man of the world. Prince Otto looked at Arold and said in a gentle tone.

"Oh, Christ is above!" Arold clasped his hands together and made a devout gesture. After all, he can't be casually compared with those sages of ancient times.

"It's just the two of us here, so all my words come from the bottom of my heart." Prince Otto stared at Arrod in a gesture of honesty, and now the ball was on Arrod's side.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the status that the Wendell family can have today is all due to the support of Your Royal Highness the Prince, which I, Arrod. Feng. Wendell didn't dare to forget. Arold expressed his loyalty to Prince Otto.

"Well, I've always cherished this friendship, but true friendship needs to be tested." Prince Otto smiled slightly. He reached out and picked up the flask on the wooden table on the right, poured himself and Arold a glass, and then said to Arrod.

"Oh, how does His Royal Highness want to test me?" Arold knew that the time had come to accept the name, and that it was also the time to return the favor to the Duchy of Bavaria.

"I need a lot of money at the moment, and you have to prepare it for me." Prince Otto said to Arrod.

"Raise funds?" Arold was slightly surprised, and gasped at the amount proposed by Prince Otto, so much money could buy a piece of territory.

"I'll tell you the truth. My father, His Majesty the Honored King, is dying. Therefore, the princes would propose to hold an election for the king. "Prince Otto told Arold about the reason.

"But you have been appointed as the king's first heir?" Arrod asked, puzzled.

"This is a Carolingian tradition, and the heir to the king must be elected, and it is legitimate for the duke and bishops to be unanimously elected." Prince Otto explained to Arjord.

"Then why do you want so much money?" Arold didn't understand, since the king had appointed an heir, it was impossible for the duke and bishops to disobey him. But when he finished speaking, looking at Prince Otto's meaningful smile, he knew in his heart that the support of the duke and the bishops was not in vain, and this had to be dry goods.

"Actually, there is nothing. The princes will not go against my father's will, but money will strengthen their will, because Donkmar and my brother may be secretly playing tricks, so I cannot let my father's efforts go to waste. Prince Otto drank the wine from his glass, then put down the empty glass and said to Arold.

"Understood." Arold nodded slowly, and also raised his neck to finish the wine, but he didn't expect the king to use bribes, and he really saw the world, this is the people/lord boasted by the white people in later generations!

"Sure enough, I didn't see the wrong person." When Prince Otto heard this, the stones fell in his heart, and the royal family's finances were not as good as he imagined, maintaining a certain military strength to maintain a deterrent to the princes, giving a large amount of tribute to the terrible Magyars in the East, and giving money and land to the church, all of which made the royal family's funds stretched, but fortunately the Saxony dynasty also had a large amount of land, as well as the commercial port of Marienburg.

"How soon do you need these funds?" Arold is actually not very proficient in Europa history, but when he was studying foreign history, he vaguely heard of the character Otto, which is why he dared to bet on Prince Otto.

"In a year's time, my father and I decided to convene a court council in Erfurt next year to convene the magnates to discuss the situation in the kingdom, in fact, to determine the issue of my succession to the throne, and at that time to put the money in the pockets of the magnates and force them to sign documents supporting my accession to the throne." Prince Otto's face became solemn, and what he said to Arold at this time was indeed known only to the henchmen of his henchmen.

"Don't worry, I'll help you get your money ready." Arold nodded vigorously, and at the same time his heart beat violently, he knew that this was an important historical moment, as long as he could help Prince Otto ascend to the throne, then he would enter the political core of the Otto dynasty.

"Ha, now my friend, let me go see my kids." Having decided on the most important thing, Prince Otto had a relaxed expression, and only then did he propose to Arold about seeing his illegitimate child.

"Of course, I will arrange a chance encounter in the courtyard so that no one will suspect it." Arold looked at Prince Otto's immature face, and said to Prince Otto, although the illegitimate children of nobles are very common, but after all, they are not on the stage, but a son with Prince Otto's blood, in the court of Mecklenburg, also shows that Prince Otto expressed his trust to Arod.

"Great, I can't wait." Prince Otto nodded happily, in addition to seeing his illegitimate son, it is also very important to see his lover and person who has been put aside, and he doesn't see it on weekdays, but the hot gaze in the crowd burns Prince Otto's heart, if it weren't for his amazing self-control, I'm afraid he would have made a fool of himself at that time! (To be continued.) )